Teaching ideas
Food design: budgeting planning
The Food design: budgeting planning program has been developed in collaboration with the Technology Educators Association Inc to allow students to cost recipes.
Australian designers at work
On the Australian designers at work website relevant tasks have been developed by teachers that directly refer to the web site and units of work have been modified to embed tasks focused on the site and which address outcomes 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3. See examples of units and associated materials below.
Growing chickens developed by Richmond High School features:
- Area of study: Built environments
- Design specialisation: Structural design
- Technologies: Animal production technologies
Lights out developed by Wagga Wagga High School features:
- Area of study: Products
- Design specialisation: Industrial design
- Technologies: Metal technologies
- Assessment task focusing on the Australian designers at work web site.
Inspired by ME developed by East Hills Girls Technology High School features:
- Area of study: Product
- Design specialisation: Industrial design
- Technologies: Mixed material technologies and Information technologies
- Assessment task focusing on the Australian designers at work web site.
Factors affecting design in the areas of study: Four activities have been developed to support students to examine factors affecting design in the areas of Built Environments, Products and Information and Communications.
Appropriateness of specific design solutions for different cultural groups (Microsoft Word doc 106 KB): Students consider how two designers, Alison Page and Ray Parslow have responded to cultural issues in design projects.
Similarities and differences between designers (Microsoft Word doc 184 KB): Students explore the similarities and differences between designers in their approach to their work.
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